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invade went w-v a-e t-d n
To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage.
To encroach or intrude on; violate: The principal of the trusts could not be invaded without trustee approval (Barbara Goldsmith).
To overrun as if by invading; infest: About 1917 the shipworm invaded the harbor of San Francisco (Rachel Carson).
To enter and permeate, especially harmfully.
To make an invasion: The X-rays showed that the cancer, which had invaded deeply into the chest cavity, was retreating (Zach Rosen).
vt.侵入; 侵略(別國); 侵犯(主權等);擁入; 擠滿;(疾病, 感情, 聲音等)襲來, 侵襲
例句:
In the summer tourists invade the mountain village.
夏天游客成群結隊地到這個山村來。
invasion
The act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer.
A large-scale onset of something injurious or harmful, such as a disease.
An intrusion or encroachment.
n.入侵; 侵略; 闖入;侵害, 侵犯;【醫】發病, 發作
習慣用語:
make an invasion upon
侵入; 襲擊
例句:
France itself was threatened with invasion.
法國自身也受到入侵的威脅。
I object to these invasions of my privacy.
我反對這些侵擾我私生活的行徑。
evade
To escape or avoid by cleverness or deceit: evade arrest.
To avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing: evade responsibility. See Synonyms at escape. To fail to make payment of (taxes).
To avoid giving a direct answer to.
To baffle or elude: The accident evades explanation.
To practice evasion.
To use cleverness or deceit in avoiding or escaping.
v.逃避, 躲避; 回避; 漏(稅)
例句:
They evade paying taxes by living abroad.
他們住在國外以逃避交稅。
Tim tried to catch her arm but she evaded him.
蒂姆想要抓住她的手臂但她避開了他。
pervade
To be present throughout; permeate
to become spread throughout all parts of:
vt.蔓延, 遍及, 彌漫, 充滿, 滲透
例句:
There was a smell of coffee pervading the atmosphere.
空氣里彌漫著咖啡的氣味。
This error pervades all present-day systems.
這種錯誤在當今各種體制中都普遍存在。
wade
To walk in or through water or something else that similarly impedes normal movement.
To make one's way arduously: waded through a boring report.
To cross or pass through (water, for example) with difficulty: wade a swift creek.
The act or an instance of wading.
vi. 跋涉
vt. 涉水;費力行走
n. 跋涉;可涉水而過的地方
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Because the pond is deep enough for an adult to wade into but too deep for a child to stand.
這個池塘不深,一個成年人足以趟過,然而小孩子卻無法站立。
waddle
To walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side.
To walk heavily and clumsily with a pronounced sway.
A swaying gait
n. 蹣跚;搖擺的步子
vi. 搖搖擺擺地走;蹣跚而行
例句:
A family of ducks waddled along the river bank.
一群鴨子沿 河岸搖搖擺擺地走。